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  • 2005-2009  (17)
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  • 1
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049074493
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (32 Seiten))
    Edition: Online-Ausg
    Content: Under the Kyoto Protocol, countries can meet treaty obligations by investing in projects that reduce or sequester greenhouse gases elsewhere. Prior to ratification, treaty participants agreed to launch country-based pilot projects, referred to collectively as Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ), to test novel aspects of the project-related provisions. Relying on a 10-year history of projects, the authors investigate the determinants of AIJ investment. Their findings suggest that national political objectives and possibly deeper cultural ties influenced project selection. This characterization differs from the market-based assumptions that underlie well-known estimates of cost-savings related to the Protocol's flexibility mechanisms. The authors conclude that if approaches developed under the AIJ programs to approve projects are retained, benefits from Kyoto's flexibility provisions will be less than those widely anticipated
    Additional Edition: Larson, Donald F Will Markets Direct Investments Under The Kyoto Protocol ?
    Language: English
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  • 2
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049073835
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (40 Seiten))
    Edition: Online-Ausg
    Content: The Clean Development Mechanism, a provision of The Kyoto Protocol, allows countries that have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to gain credit toward their treaty obligations by investing in projects located in developing (host) countries. Such projects are expected to benefit both parties by providing low-cost abatement opportunities for the investor-country, while facilitating capital and technology flows to the host country. This paper analyzes the Clean Development Mechanism market, emphasizing the cooperation aspects between host and investor countries. The analysis uses a dichotomous (yes/no) variable and three continuous variants to measure the level of cooperation, namely the number of joint projects, the volume of carbon dioxide abatement, and the volume of investment in the projects. The results suggest that economic development, institutional development, the energy structure of the economies, the level of country vulnerability to various climate change effects, and the state of international relations between the host and investor countries are good predictors of the level of cooperation in Clean Development Mechanism projects. The main policy conclusions include the importance of simplifying the project regulation/clearance cycle; improving the governance structure host and investor countries; and strengthening trade or other long-term economic activities that engage the countries
    Additional Edition: Dinar, Ariel Factors Affecting Levels of International Cooperation In Carbon Abatement Projects
    Language: English
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  • 3
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049074085
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (48 Seiten))
    Edition: Online-Ausg
    Content: The paper presents empirical analysis of a panel of countries to estimate an agricultural production function using a measure of capital in agriculture absent from most studies. The authors employ a heterogeneous technology framework where implemented technology is chosen jointly with inputs to interpret information obtained in the empirical analysis of panel data. The paper discusses the scope for replacing country and time effects by observed variables and the limitations of instrumental variables. The empirical results differ from those reported in the literature for cross-country studies, largely in augmenting the role of capital, in combination with productivity gains, as a driver of agricultural growth. The results indicate that total factor productivity increased at an average rate of 3.2 percent, accounting for 59 percent of overall growth. Most of the remaining gains stem from large inflows of fixed capital into agriculture. The results also suggest possible constraints to fertilizer use
    Additional Edition: Mundlak, Yair Heterogeneous Technology And Panel Data
    Language: English
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  • 4
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048264399
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (40 p)
    Content: The use of carbon-intense fuels by the power sector contributes significantly to the greenhouse gas emissions of most countries. For this reason, the sector is often key to initial efforts to regulate emissions. But how long does it take before new regulatory incentives result in a switch to less carbon intense fuels? This study examines fuel switching in electricity production following the introduction of the European Union's Emissions Trading System, a cap-and-trade regulatory framework for greenhouse gas emissions. The empirical analysis examines the demand for carbon permits, carbon based fuels, and carbon-free energy for 12 European countries using monthly data on fuel use, prices, and electricity generation. A short-run restricted cost function is estimated in which carbon permits, high-carbon fuels, and low-carbon fuels are variable inputs, conditional on quasi-fixed carbon-free energy production from nuclear, hydro, and renewable energy capacity. The results indicate that prices for permits and fuels affect the composition of inputs in a statistically significant way. Even so, the analysis suggests that the industry's fuel-switching capabilities are limited in the short run as is the scope for introducing new technologies. This is because of the dominant role that past irreversible investments play in determining power-generating capacity. Moreover, the results suggest that, because the capacity for fuel substitution is limited, the impact of carbon emission limits on electricity prices can be significant if fuel prices increase together with carbon permit prices. The estimates suggest that for every 10 percent rise in carbon and fuel prices, the marginal cost of electric power generation increases by 8 percent in the short run. The European experience points to the importance of starting early down a low-carbon path and of policies that introduce flexibility in how emission reductions are achieved
    Additional Edition: Considine, Timothy J Substitution and Technological Change Under Carbon Cap and Trade
    Language: English
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  • 5
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049073860
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4761
    Content: "The scale of investment needed to slow greenhouse gas emissions is larger than governments can manage through transfers. Therefore, climate change policies rely heavily on markets and private capital. This is especially true in the case of the Kyoto Protocol with its provisions for trade and investment in joint projects. This paper describes institutions and policies important for new carbon markets and explains their origins. Research efforts that explore conceptual aspects of current policy are surveyed along with empirical studies that make predictions about how carbon markets will work and perform. The authors summarize early investment and price outcomes from newly formed markets and point out areas where markets have preformed as predicted and areas where markets remain incomplete. Overall the scale of carbon-market investment planned exceeds earlier expectations, but the geographic dispersion of investment is uneven and important opportunities for abatement remain untapped in some sectors, indicating a need for additional research on how investment markets work. How best to promote the development and deployment of new technologies is another promising area for study identified in the paper. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/12/2009
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Carbon markets, institutions, policies, and research
    Language: English
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    UID:
    gbv_83496256X
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4876
    Content: "Food policy often depends on markets and markets depend on institutions. But how good do institutions have to be before reforms can be launched? Relying on well timed surveys of agricultural prices and a joint study by the Government of Bulgaria and the World Bank on agricultural market institutions, this paper presents evidence that performance in food markets improved following significant policy reforms in Bulgaria, although public institutions remained weak. This suggests that even though strong institutions are preferred to weak ones, it can be costly and impractical to delay policy reforms until work on strengthening institutions is finished. Still, measured performance varied by place and by commodity, suggesting that markets developed at different tempos and that the distribution of benefits from improved markets was uneven. This points to the need to address the costs of adjustment as policies change. The paper introduces a new approach to measure market performance based on composite-error techniques. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
    Additional Edition: Larson, Donald F The performance of Bulgarian food markets during reform
    Language: English
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  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    UID:
    gbv_724231056
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4761
    Content: "The scale of investment needed to slow greenhouse gas emissions is larger than governments can manage through transfers. Therefore, climate change policies rely heavily on markets and private capital. This is especially true in the case of the Kyoto Protocol with its provisions for trade and investment in joint projects. This paper describes institutions and policies important for new carbon markets and explains their origins. Research efforts that explore conceptual aspects of current policy are surveyed along with empirical studies that make predictions about how carbon markets will work and perform. The authors summarize early investment and price outcomes from newly formed markets and point out areas where markets have preformed as predicted and areas where markets remain incomplete. Overall the scale of carbon-market investment planned exceeds earlier expectations, but the geographic dispersion of investment is uneven and important opportunities for abatement remain untapped in some sectors, indicating a need for additional research on how investment markets work. How best to promote the development and deployment of new technologies is another promising area for study identified in the paper. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/12/2009 , Also available in print.
    Additional Edition: Available in another form Carbon markets, institutions, policies, and research
    Language: English
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  • 8
    UID:
    gbv_64703087X
    Format: Online-Ressource (xxix, 263 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0833038974 , 9780833038975
    Content: This book analyzes media and public reactions to civilian casualty incidents to determine whether these incidents affect media reporting or public support for military operations. Using case studies of incidents of civilian deaths over the last decade (the 1991 Al Firdos bunker bombing, the 1999 Djakovica convoy and Chinese embassy attacks, the 2002 Afghan wedding party attack, and the 2003 Baghdad marketplace explosion), the study team examined U
    Note: "MG-441-AF"--P. [4] of cover , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) , ""Cover""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter One - Introduction""; ""Literature Review""; ""John E. Mueller""; ""The Principal Policy Objective (PPO) Approach""; ""Eric Larson""; ""Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi""; ""Scott S. Gartner and Gary M. Segura""; ""Approach""; ""Organization of This Monograph""; ""Chapter Two - Operation Desert Storm (Iraq, 1991)""; ""Civilian Casualty Estimates""; ""Handling of the Civilian Casualties Issue""; ""The Arc of Media and Public Concern"" , ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""""Foreign Media and Public Opinion""; ""The Al Firdos Bunker Incident""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Key Lessons""; ""Chapter Three - Operation Allied Force (Kosovo, 1999)""; ""Civilian Casualty Estimates""; ""Estimates of Civilian Deaths Due to NATO Action""; ""Civilian Deaths Due to FRY Action""; ""Estimates of FRY Military Deaths Due to NATO Action""; ""Handling of the Civilian Casualties Issue""; ""The FRY�s Handling of the Casualties Issue"" , ""The U.S. Coalition�s Treatment of the Civilian Casualties Issue""""The Arc of Media and Public Concern""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion""; ""The April 14 Convoy Attacks Outside Djakovica""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""The May 7 Chinese Embassy Bombing""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter Four - Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan, 2001-)""; ""Civilian Casualty Estimates"" , ""Handling of the Civilian Casualties Issue""""The Arc of Media and Public Concern""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion""; ""The Wedding Party Incident""; ""Background on the Incident""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Key Lessons""; ""Chapter Five - Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq, 2003-)""; ""Civilian Casualty Estimates""; ""Handling of the Civilian Casualties Issue""; ""The Arc of Media and Public Concern""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion"" , ""The Marketplace Incident""""Background on the Incident""; ""U.S. Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Foreign Media and Public Opinion Responses""; ""Key Lessons""; ""Chapter Six - Implications and Conclusions""; ""The Military: A Highly Credible Institution""; ""Recommendations""; ""Appendix - Multivariate Statistical Modeling Results""; ""Bibliography"" , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780833038975
    Additional Edition: Print version Misfortunes of War : Press and Public Reactions to Civilian Deaths in Wartime
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 9
    UID:
    gbv_58889382X
    Format: XIII, 281 S. , graph. Darst. , 27 cm
    ISBN: 1606927809 , 9781606927809
    Note: Literaturangaben
    Language: English
    Keywords: Metakognition ; Aufsatzsammlung
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  • 10
    UID:
    b3kat_BV026014954
    Edition: 2. print.
    ISBN: 0940069245
    Language: Undetermined
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